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LOVE is in the air... | The Rabbit Hole Designs

Happy Friday-eve!!  I'm up on the TRHD Blog with this sweet card using the Clarence & Clarice: Love set from the NEW Birthday release.  I paired up the new set with the Coordinating dies and the Scripty Love word & shadow dies.

 

Aren't those two just sweet as can be?!?  I stamped them and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  Once done I colored them up with Copics.  I layed them on my Red Postage stamp layer to place them, then taped my Scripty Love Shadow die where I wanted it.  Now I set the squirrels aside and die cut the shadow from the Red Postage stamp layer. Next I adhered the squirrels using foam tape.

The entire Red Postage stamp piece is also adhered with foam tape.  Before attaching it though, I stuck a piece of pink heart patterned paper where the shadow was cut out.  Once the Red Postage piece was in place, I glued in my Scripty Love word die pieces (in gray) and added some fluttery hearts. 

Swoon!  I just love the way this turned out!!

Last day of the TRHD Birthday release hop!

It's day 3 of the TRHD Birthday Release Hop and we are in LOVE with this release!  This set is called Clarence & Clarice Love and it's full of cuteness! I used this nut (see what I did there?!? lol) for today's card.  I also paired the Clarence & Clarice - Love set with the Scripty YOU die & shadow.  I stamped my Clarence image and the used the coordinating die to cut him out. After coloring him up I used some foam tape to pop him up on the hearts paper.

The "I love you" sentiment is also from the stamp set, I stamped it a few times in pinks and red inks.

Be sure to check out what some of the others created with this fun release!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Deana
Lauren
Tangii
Kelly

To celebrate the Birthday release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m.

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Happy Birthday TRHD!

Happy, happy 3rd birthday to The Rabbit Hole Designs!  Let's celebrate with some festive squirrels, shall we?!? lol  Today we are sharing the Clarice Surprise stamp set & Coordinating die.  I decided to make a gift tag with Clarice...

I have said it a million, bajillion times, but I REALLY love coordinating dies and this set is just one of the many reasons why... Look at how close it cuts the "balloon string"!  Seriously, I am a quilter and I can cut VERY well, but the die just cut around that perfectly!!  Ok, on to the fun stuff!  I colored up little Miss Clarice with Copics and then using the die cut her out.  For the balloon I decided to paper piece with a piece of our Getting Inky paper pad! Tell me that balloon doesn't look super fun!  The sentiment is also from the set.  I paired up Clarice with some festive patterned paper I had and voila!

Be sure to check out what some of the others created with this fun release!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Deana
Jenn
Vanessa
Cindy
Lauren
Tangii
Kelly

To celebrate the Birthday release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m.

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Keep Calm and Carrion

Hey y'all!  Happy Friday!! I'm up on the TRHD Blog today with this fun card using goodies from the November release.

  For today's card I used the Caffeinated Vulture and the Coordinating Die and pairing it with out Scripty Hello Word with Shadow Layer die set.  The last time I used this cute lil Vulture I did him in red/pinks and purples so this time I tried some blues and greens... I just love both!!

I know I go on and on about coordinating dies, but this is one of those times where the die cuts in an area I couldn't do with scissors!  This card was more about coloring and playing with colors and the card layout was very simple!

 

 

 

Better Latte then Never! | The Rabbit Hole Designs

Hey y'all!  Happy, happy weekend!! I'm up on the TRHD Blog today with this fun gift tag using the Caffeinated Llama, the coordinating die and a sentiment from the Blended Sentiments 2 set.

This tag was simple.  This is one of those times when I really appreciate coordinating dies!  They make something like this tag so much quicker and easier to put together!  I stamped, colored and die cut my Llama. Added a sentiment, a few enamel dots and some ribbon... voila!  

That's all I've got for ya, thanks for popping by!  Hope to see you again soon!

The Rabbit Hole Designs November Release Hop, Day 3 | more caffeinated goodness!

We're at the tail end of release week, and it's flown by! hahahahahaha, see what I did there?!  We're back with the 5th Caffeinated Critter to release this month, this is Caffeinated Vulture... and I colored him up with some fun fall colors. 

Today was one of those I just wanted to play with ink!  Lots and lots of ink and color!  I started off with some ink blending on my panel.  I used Distress inks in Abandoned Coral, Wilted Violet and Spiced Marmalade.  Once I had that done I took some Black Soot Oxide and blended the edges.

Next I colored up my Vulture.  I didn't want to do gray, but I wanted to try to get some fall colors in there, so I stuck to orange-y reds and colored his body with the V90's Copics... love that purple/gray!  I'm so happy with the way the Fall colors came out... warm and still kinda bright and cheery! The #DeadBeforeCaffeine sentiment is from the Vulture stamp set.

The bottom sentiment is from the Blended Sentiments 2 set.  Finally I added a few sequins from the TRHD stash (did you know that when you place an order with TRHD you get some free sequins?  They come in sooooooooooooo handy!).

 

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Deana
Lauren
Tangii

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate the next three days of release,  The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post  @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post  at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 10-28-2021.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 10-29-2021.

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

The Rabbit Hole Designs November Release Hop, Day 1 | A whole lotta caffeinated goodness!

Happy Release week!  It's day 1 of The Rabbit Hole Design's November release and it's chock-full of caffeinated goodness!  There are 5 new stamp sets along with 5 coordinating dies and they are all available in the TRHD Store right now!  For my card today I used the NEW Caffeinated Llama and the coordinating die, the Open Heart stencil and the Coffee Beans from Blended Sentiments 2 set. 

Let's start off with the stencil piece (which is the far right panel with the hearts).  I started by blending some Salvaged Patina Oxide ink all over my panel.  Then I placed my Open Heart stencil and using a Bitty Bunny Blending brush and some Ground Espresso Oxide Ink, I inked in some hearts just kind of here and there.  The BBB brush is perfect for this kind of detail inking!  The next panel is my white panel with Coffee beans... the beans are from the Blended Sentiments 2 stamp set and I just alternately stamped them with Ground Espresso and Vintage Photo Oxide Inks (I used both the large bean and the small bean stamps here).

Finally I stamped and colored up my Llama with copics then used the Coordinated die to cut him out.  The sentiment is also from the Caffeinated Llama set.

Well that's it for me, be sure to visit the rest of the Hop list for lots more inspiration!

 

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Deana
Jenn
Lauren
Tangii
Terra
Vanessa

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate the next three days of release,  The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post  @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post  at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 10-28-2021.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 10-29-2021.

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Drink all the coffee, do all the things | The Rabbit Hole Designs

Hey y'all!  Happy, happy weekend!! Hope you have some fun plans this weekend.  I'm playing with the Clarence Coffee stamps & Die pairing them up with the Coffee Shop Background stamp set from The Rabbit Hole Designs.

For the background, I wanted the shop embossed.  I used the Cottontail Embossing Tool all over my Kraft cs, then inked with embossing ink and added some white super fine ep.  With this done, I set the panel aside.  I stamped, die cut and then colored Clarence with some Copics and popped him up with foam squares.  The same for the red coffee sign, I stamped on red cs and cut it out by hand. The sentiment in the upper right is from the Clarence set.  This card will be great for one of my MANY coffee loving pals!

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

 

Alcohol Inks + TRHD Hot Foil Plates = WOW!

Hey y'all, happy Friday-eve! Oh my gosh!  I had some serious fun playing with our new Hot Foil Plates.  For this card I used the Congrats Hot Foil Plate and then used the Scripty Congrats die (the word die, not the shadow).

First I ran the foil plate through, then I placed the word die over it and ran it through again.  My eyesight isn't excellent, but I didn't have a hard time making sure it was lined up.  I adhered it to my Alcohol Ink panel and added a gold ribbon, a heart and a few enamel dots...voila!  Easy peasy and I love how it turned out!

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

The Rabbit Hole Designs October Release Hop, Day 2 | A new artist is in da house!

Happy Release week!  It's day 2 of The Rabbit Hole Design's October release.  There are 4 new stamp sets, 2 new dies, 8 hot foil plates and a 2 layered stencil, and they are all available in the TRHD Store right now!  For my card today I used the NEW Clarence Coffee stamp set (there is also a coordinating die!) and the Nutty 2 Layers stencil.

Let's start off with the stencil piece (which is technically the inside of the card).  I started off by placing the 1st layer of the stencil (which is the peanut shape), using a Bitty Bunny Blending Brush I quickly brushed on some white pigment ink.  Next, leaving the stencil in place and using another Bitty Brush I added some brown Oxide ink, right over the white.  

By adding the white layer first it really made my peanuts pop!  I carefully pulled up the stencil, then positioned the 2nd layer and taped in place.  Using another Bitty Brush I added my 3rd ink, a dark brown Oxide.  I trimmed the blue cs and adhered it to my peach/orange base.

Now for the top layer... I stamped Clarence, colored him up with Copics and cut him out.  I also stamped the peanut images on some brown cs and cut them out.  A piece of Vellum serves as the card top here, I made it smaller than the base so that some of those peanuts from the inside would show through better.  Once the Vellum was adhered, I added Clarence with some foam tape.  I also added one of the peanuts with foam tape and one adhered directly to the Vellum.  I stamped the sentiment in brown on the Vellum and Voila!

Well that's it for me, be sure to visit the rest of the Hop list for lots more inspiration!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Deana
Lauren
Tangii

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate the next three days of release,  The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post  @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post  at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 09-30-2021.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 10-01-2021.

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Hugs are the Cure! | Playing with Washi, Foil and The Rabbit Hole Designs!

Happy Sunday!!  I'm up on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog today with this shimmery pretty!  I had some fun playing with Washi, Foil & the Hugs Scripty set & dies!  I know the below photo is awful for lighting, BUT I wanted you to be able to see all of the shimmery goodness!  

The 2nd photo was taken in natural lighting and it just doesn't show the shimmery at all.  I started off with 2 different Rose Gold Washi Tapes and alternated them on my main panel, then using a die to get the scalloped edges.  

Next up die cut my shadow on some Midnight Blue cs.  For the "hugs" I used the die cute word on white cs, then I foiled the letters.  Stamped the sentiment in Midnight Blue ink and finally stamped, colored up then cut out the envelope.  Both the envelope and the "Hugs" are popped up with foam tape!  That's all I've got for ya, thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

 

The Rabbit Hole Designs September Release Hop, Day 3

Happy Wednesday!  It's the last day of peeks for The Rabbit Hole Design's September release.  There are 8 new stamp sets with 8 coordinating dies, an uppercase alpha set, a lowercase alpha set and 4 stencils, and they are all available in the TRHD Store right now!  For my card today I used the NEW Birthday Word die & Shadow and the NEW Birthday stamp set.

First of all, would you just LOOOOOOK at that alcohol ink panel!!!!  Is it not the most gorgeous thing ever?!?!?!?!?  A few weeks ago Niccole asked the DT to send her a 2 or 3 color palette we liked, of course I said "pink & green and maybe gold".  THIS is what I got!!!!  WOW-o-WOW-o-WOW!!!!  Let me tell you, it took a lot of staring and gazing at this beauty before I could even imagine doing anything to it to turn it in to a card!  Finally I got up the courage and used it for this card.  

I know there is a name for this technique, but I can't remember what it is.  So here's the scoop of what I did... First off I used the BIRTHDAY scripty die and cut the word from my inked panel, then I carefully set those die cut letters aside.  I grabbed some white cs and die cut the word 2 more times.  I adhered both white cs words in the negative left behind on the ink panel, then I added the word die cut from the ink panel on top.  It raises it enough to be able to see it, but not quite as high as foam tape and the layers are solid. I finally added the sentiment from the Birthday Scripty stamp set to the top and added a couple of enamel dots.  Pictures just do not do this alcohol panel justice!

Well that's it for me, be sure to visit the rest of the Hop list for lots more inspiration!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Jenn
Joy
Kelly
Kim
Lauren
Tangii
Terra
Vanessa

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate the next three days of release,  The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post  @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post  at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 09-02-2021.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 09-03-2021.

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

The Rabbit Hole Designs September Release Hop, Day 2

Happy Tuesday!  We're in the middle of September Release peeks!  There are 8 new stamp sets with 8 coordinating dies, an uppercase alpha set, a lowercase alpha set and 4 stencils, and they are all available in the TRHD Store right now!  For my card today I used the NEW You Word die & Shadow and the NEW You stamp set.

This card was built from the top layer (black & white) down.  Once I had my black & white striped panel ready (cut with a wonky rectangle die), I lined the YOU silhouette and the 2 hearts on it and taped them down with "purple tape". Next I added a layer of red glitter paper with foam tape underneath.  I die cut the "You" in paper that matches the blue/green base piece and adhered it on to the glitter paper.  I also added a few sprinkles from one of the previous freebies in our orders from TRHD!  Finally I stamped the "are loved" from the sentiment set  in the lower right.

I adhered all of that on to the Blue/Green base piece.  I just love all of the dimension on this!  In the upper right corner I added a flutter heart with a couple of sprinkle pieces! 

Well that's it for me, be sure to visit the rest of the Hop list for lots more inspiration!

 

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Jenn
Joy
Kelly
Kim
Lauren
Tangii
Terra
Vanessa

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate the next three days of release,  The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post  @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post  at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 09-02-2021.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 09-03-2021.

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

The Rabbit Hole Designs September Release Hop, Day1

Happy Monday!  Hope you've had a great weekend.  It's day 1 of the TRHD September release hop and there's a whole lotta awesomeness packed in to this one!  There are 8 new stamp sets with 8 coordinating dies, an uppercase alpha set, a lowercase alpha set, 4 stencils and a partridge in a pear tree (hahahaha), and they are all (except the pear tree) available in the TRHD Store right now!  For my card today I used the NEW Congrats Word die & Shadow.  There is also a Congrats stamp set that works with these dies.I had this fantastic glittery, shimmery paper and it was perfect for this festive card!  I die-cut the Congrats word from my base, and the shadow in black cs.  The shadow covers the the negative from my die-cutting and now my word has the same colors/gradient as the background.  My sentiment is from the Sassy Birthday 2 set, I stamped it on a white die cut piece and then blended some Oxide ink on the edges.  Finally I stamped, colored and then die cut some candles from the Just Cake stamp set & coordinating dies.  The candles are floating under the sentiment and popped up with pop dots.

The lighting on this pic stinks, but it shows the shimmery-goodness!

Lookie at all of those layers & all of that texture! Swoon!  Well that's it for me, be sure to visit the rest of the Hop list for lots more inspiration!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Jenn
Joy
Kelly
Kim
Lauren
Tangii
Terra
Vanessa
Roberta
Ricky
Lydia
Essie
Jammie
Caly

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate the next three days of release,  The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post  @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post  at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 09-02-2021.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 09-03-2021.

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Advice From a Pumpkin | The Rabbit Hole Desgins

Hey Fall yall and happy, happy Sunday!!  Ok, ok, ok!  I know it isn't technically Fall, but a girl can wish can't she?!?  lol  I've used the Advice From a Pumpkin stamp set and coordinating dies and paired it up with the Cat Eye Stencil for today's card.  

 

I chose one of the larger pumpkin images and then nearly all of the smaller accent pieces (acorns, leaves, etc.), stamped them all and then using the dies cut them all out and set them aside.  Next I used some Transfer Gel and spread a thin layer here and there on my base piece.  I just wanted random pieces of it for my background.  Once dry, I ran it through with some Copper Foil.  There are missing/unfoiled pieces and that's what I was looking for, kinda "rustic" almost.  Now I grabbed my main pumpkin image, added some pop dots and placed him in the lower corner.

Finally, I stamped and placed my sentiment then I took all of those accent pieces and spread them around (they are also all popped up on dots).  I just LOVE the look of this card!

That's it for today's share, be sure to tune in tomorrow for the first day of peeks for The Rabbit Hole Designs Sept release!!